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backing down.

i was talking to a friend a while ago about how we, as parents of young children, are constantly choosing which battles to fight, which things to get worked up over and which things to just let gooooooo... for the recor…
sledding as a metaphor

it's *finally* snowing. this is actually the second time so far this season, but the last storm didn't even really require any shoveling, so that hardly counts. anyway, it's snowing, and that can only mean one thing: …
getting into the happy habit.

lately i've caught my husband and my son in the act of suppressing their delight. this is something that makes no sense to me. why not just go with it? this morning, for example, i had to wake colin up so that he wou…
looking for my moo shu.

we trekked into las vegas' chinatown today for what my mom promised was "the best" chinese food around here. i should note that in our family, my mom is famous for jinxing each and every chinese restaurant she has ever …
ooooooh... me no likey.

this afternoon the whole baker posse headed out to a birthday party for a 4 year old down in southeast denver. i had checked google maps before we left, saw that Quebec, the main north-south drag close to us, intersect…
random bits and pieces

today, after work, i went to a little happy hour to celebrate a friend's moving on (to a new position with a different agency). i had a wee cider (!) and decided to take the bus home. i was waiting at the bus stop when…
careful, your psychology is showing.

some people wear their psyche on their sleeves. it's interesting... k grew up as an only child with older academic parents, a father with a physical disability. she never had friends her age growing up, preferring to…
the evolved parent

my girlfriend rachel claims to be unclear about the response she is supposed to give when someone compliments her on her daughter. "she's adorable," people will say. "um... thanks?" she responds. she explains that i…
the little woman

charley had a colleague staying with us this weekend, in town for a conference on friday and saturday. by the time he left on sunday afternoon, i was in a really bad mood. and i couldn't quite put my finger on why exac…
inhibitions

i don't have a bunch of them. inhibitions, that is. and i can't figure out if that's a good thing, or a bad thing. a few months ago, as i was just starting to work on figuring out how to articulate this idea, i mentio…